Saturday, August 1, 2015

The Ravishing Red Girls

"The Ravishing Red Girls"27.5" x 20.5"Watercolor on Paper

Well, this is a first. This is the very first time I've done a still life this large and over-sized. The strawberries are as big as Bella's head...:-). My goal was to do something different, something dramatic. So I thought, I do flowers larger then life size, why not strawberries? Per my usual modus operendie with the flowers, I do them smaller first and decide if this is something that would translate well to a larger then life size. I thought the strawberries, with the great stems and leaves breaking up the black background were great design elements. The crystal bowl was easier to do at that size, but still a puzzle, with all of the little reflective pieces. At 27.5" x 20.5" it was quite the feat. Hope you like it. Let me know what you think

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In her paintings, Gnott attempts to capture the significance and reality of one moment in time and to study what appear to be the mundane objects of life, to explore the minute details and to vividly express them on paper with the fluidity of paint. “When people see my work, they often feel a sense of warmth and nostalgia, remembering back to simpler times.” While Gnott’s subjects are commonplace, her paintings are anything but. They show a mastery of light and shadow, and they have an emotional quality that can be felt as well as seen. While her talent and creative abilities continue to win accolades across the Country, her true gratification comes from watching people enjoy the treasures she creates. She continues to reside in South Bend, Indiana with her black German Shepherd, Bellarina.

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“So I said to myself – I’ll paint what I see - what the flower is to me but I’ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking the time to look at it - I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers.”

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for.”

“Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven’t time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”

- Georgia O’Keefe (1887-1986)

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

-Claude Monet

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